The Osceola times., 1887-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER
(From Our Regular CorrrspoaderD

tFrom onr Regular Correspoadent)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 81, 1887.
The toilers on Capitol Hill CON.
fronted various questions during the
past week, some Of which were i'm.
portant, while others were not so.
Among them were the fisheries trou.
BILE with Canada; woman suffrage;
pensions; the bill establishing Agri.
cultural Experiment Stations; the
bill preventing members Of Congress
from acting as attorneys for corpor-
ations with which Congress has i'm.
portant dealings, the Pleuro- Pneu
monia bill; the River and Harbor
bill, and several of the other regular
appropriation bills.
The Woman Suffrage Association,
which has just closed its nineteenth,
annual convention in this city, saw
the Senate remors.ly vote down their
proposed suffrage amendment to the
Constitution. But sixteen Senators
voted in favor of the ladies'. and that
was a great victory for them. They
have repeatedly seen both houses OF
Congress vote against the considera-
tion of the proposed amendment, bu,
this was the first time they ever had
a vote on the amendment itself.
A committee OF twelve ladies', ali
prominent In the suffrage movement
called at the White House to pre-
sent to the President written pro,
test against that portion Of the Utal
bill which disfrsnchises the gentle
women of Utah. The Morinons ar,
already disfranchised, male and fe
male. The President received the
ladies gracioislv, and spoke few
words to each as sho was introduced
to lin. Several Of them made shorr
Arguments In favor Of the rights o.
Utah women-to what they had beer
allowed to exercise for fifteen wears
the franchise and urged the Pres
ident to veto the bill if it passes a,
it now reads. Mr. Cleveland listen
ed attentively, promised to give tn,
matter careful attention, and said b,
had supposed the women of Utal
did not care to vote and did not vot,
when they had n chance. lie shool
hands with each lady again at part
ing, and after they had been show,
through the suite Of parlors, tn,
committee left the house very mucl
pleased with the cordial manner o
the Chief Magistrate.
1t looks as il there is really to b,
a change in the Cabinet soon, an,
that two Of the best officials in tn,
Treasury are to become presiden
and vice-president Of tho new Ma
tional Bank in New York. refe
to the Secretary Of the Treasury anc
to the u. s. Trea .urer, Mr.. Jordan
Mr.. Manning declines to say any
thing regarding the matter, but it /.
generally believed that he will offcI
his resignation to take effect 500,
after the ad journment of Congress
The contemplated retirement o
Treasurer Jordan at that time il
Openly acknowledged.
While the President is compelle
to regret parting with these officers
he is quoted MS saying that he di,
not like to assume the responsibility
Of standing in the wav Of what h,
Regarded as their self-interest. Tn,
salary Of Nr. Manning's new oflic,
will be $30,000-more than twic,
that of Cabinet officer, and the 20
sition will not require the continua
strain necessary to fill the Office o
Secretary Of the Treasury. Bcside
the President and the Secretary
friends are constantly fearful tha
his health will again succumb to hi,
present onerous duties.
There is clear case 70 veto il
the drag-net penson mill which ha.
passed the House and the Senat,
and now goes to the President. |,
provides that all persons that all per
sons who served three months OF
more in the military or naval service
Of the United States in any war
shall be pensioned at the rate of 81.
per month If they are unable to earn
support because Of physical OF
mental disability. Anything tt
spend the surplus appears to be
the motto Of the Republicans of both
branches of Congress. This meas.
ure, which was rushed through the
Senate without a roll call, virtually
creates an annex to the Pension Bu-
reau because it offers gratuiiies to
" disabled ex-soldiers, without re-
gard to any connection between their
services in the army and their pres
sent disability,
The bill would take unknown
millions out of the Treasury If it be-
came Q law, for it also provides at
the rate Of sl2 per month for the
dependent relatives of soldiers who
are not able to provide for them.
This would be converting the Fede-
raj Government into an institution
for dispensing =" outdoor relief" and